Charlton County herald. (Folkston, Ga.) 1898-current, June 04, 1908, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Textl [ N HANDS OF RECEIVER Gulf Compre:s Company in Bad Financial Condition. ’ 1 RECEIVER'S BOND SIOO,OOO Cotton Crop Conditions, Car Shortagei andi Excessive Litigation are Held Responsibie. Memphis, Tenn.—The Gulf Com bress company, capitalized at $1,000,- 000, has been placed in the nands of a receiver, Its affairs are now being admin istered by C. C. Hanson, appointed by Judge John E, McCall, of the United | States court, I Abnormal conditions relative to the | cotton crop, the recent car shortage, | €excessive litigation, coupled with xhel inability to collect large amounts due, ‘ are held responsible tor the bad ﬁnan-i cial condition, which compelled the filing of an application for a receiver‘ and general creditors’ bill by several | large stockholders of the corporation. | The plaintiffs to the bill, which has | been declared a general creditors’ bill, by Judge McCall, are; Henry P. Tal madge of New Jersey, William T. Mi nor of New York, Jacob Hass and D. J. Mclntyre of Georgia, A. F. Church ill, H, F. Smith and C. Bierce. The receiver made SIOO,OOO bond. The bill sets forth that the compa-l ny has liabilteis of a pressing nature, ‘ involving large amounts, and that it is in arrears for rentals for compress es and other property about $40.000.} It is also stated that about $65,000 | will be due on notes during next Au -Bgust and September. The company, according to the bill, has paid $549,- 816.28 on real estate and improve- | ments, while its machinery ig valued | at about $80,473.14. On the other hand, its holdings are mortgageq 10 the extent of $930,841.68, and $779,650 remains unpaid on improvements. | The plaintiff, Henry P. Talmadge, or ‘ New York, a member of the firm of Talmadge & Co., alleges the corpora tion is indebted to him for $370,000 loaned, most of which is secured by | mortgages or collateral. Haas & Mc-% Intyre of New York allege the com pany owes them $12,000 for insurance, while Churchill alleges they are in- | debted to him to the extent of $lO,- 000 loaned and secured by notes due August 26, 1908, and $3,289 on account. Bierce states he is a creditor for SSOO rental. All suits are enjoined in the order issued by the judge, and all creditors are required to file claims." FORMER U. S. SENATOR DEAD. dames K, Jones of Arkansas Dies Af ter a Brief lllness. - Washington, D. C.—Former United States Senator James K. Jones of Ar kansas died Monday, in Washington, - after an illness of a few hours, aged 69 years. He was one of the lead ing democrats in the senate from - 1885 to .1903, and was one of the strongest supporters of William Jen -nings Bryan, having, as chairman of tae democratic national convention, conducted the campaigns of 1896 and 1900, GOULD ROAD IN TROUBLE. Wabash Terminal Company in Hands : of Receiver. Pittsburg, Pa.—The Wabash Termi nal railroad has been placed in the hands of receivers. This road is the Gould’s entrance to Pittsburg, Pa, Frank H. Skelling, a director of the ‘road and S, W. Mitehell have been rappointed receivers and placed under - SIOO,OOO bond, WATER HABIT BAD. Chicago Physician Says Overindul gence is Cause of Aquamania, Chicago, Ill.—Water intoxication in duced by too copious use of water ex ternally or internally, was pointed out by Dr. L. D. Mason, vice president of the American Society for the Study of Inebriety, Alcohol and Drug Nuerosis, in an address to the inmates of the Washingtonian home on “Why Men | Drink.” He declared patent medicine drunkennesg is almost as prevalent as } the generally recognized forms. ‘ SHIP CHINESE IN BOXES ? Report That Smuggied Chinamen Died. : Investigation Started. | New York City.—Under orders from | Immigration Commissioner Sargent, agents of the immigration bureau in vestigated a report that twelve China- | men wiao were smuggled into this | country over the Mexican border in | boxes and shipped from E] Paso, Tex., | to New York, were dead when they reached this city. ' " | GOLDEN BANQUET FOR FALLIERES. France’s President -Entertains in Honor of English Royalty, | London, England.—President Falli eres of France, Friday became the host of his hosts, giving a banquet in honor | of the king, the prince of Wales, the | ambassadorg amd ministers at the French embassy, with a magnificence rivaling the entertainments at Buck 'tingham palace. He caused to be brought to Londcn, the priceless Sev-‘ res dinner service employed on statei occasions at the palace of the Eliysee and the gold-lined coffee cups andl gold table implements used with the gervice. The menu was sumptuous. ‘The wineg were of the choicest French | ’.Vlntage. | ~ PROMOTION FOR JUDGE LANDIS. Judge Who Fined Standard Oil Com - pany $29,000,000 May Be Advanced. Chicago, Ill.—Despite the denial by Federal Judge Grosscup of the ru mor of his resignation, political cir cleg are agitated over the report of '‘a shake-up on the federal bench which 'would put Judge K. M. Landis, who as sessed a $29,000,000 fine against the ‘Standard Oil, on Grosscup's bench. ‘Grosscup is not in accord with the {Roosevelt policies and recently assail ed the president’s centralization ideas. 'NOTED ARTIST IS MURDERED. ‘ Adolphe Steinheil Falls a Victim to Robbers. | Paris, France.—A sensation has been caused in the art world here by the brutal murder of the distinguished bainter, Adolphe Steinheil, and his mother-in-law, who were found strauag led in the former’'s home in the Rue de Vaugirard, which adjoing the stu dio of Seymour Thomas, the American portrait painter. The house wasg ran sacked of everything of value. Stein heil's wife, who was found gagged and bound to a bed declares that the crime was committed by two men and a woman, the latter she believes, she recognized as a model who was em ployed by her husband, In another bedroom was the dead body ot Mme. Steinheil's mother, Madame Japin. She also had been strangled and the body was fastened to the bed, Every room in the house had been ran sacked and a large number of valua bles stolen. Mme. Steinheil's injuries are slight, but she is suffering from very severe nervous shock., She states that the assassins got $1,600 in money, and jewels valued at about $3,500. MAY RUN FOR GOVERNOR. Democratic Conference at Chicago May Put John Mitchell to the Fore. Chicago, lll.—John Mitchell, former ly president of the United Mine Work ers of America has been seriously put to the fore as a candidate for the dem ocratic gubernatorial nomination as the result of a conference in which he i took part together with Roger Sullivan ‘and other democratic leaders. | Mr. Mitcheil would not say that he ~would be a candidate for the nomina ‘tion but admitted that he would an- Lnonncc his decisicn at the state feder !ation of “labor at Springfield on June 15th, ~ This admission wag taken as suffi cient indication that his decision would }be in the affirmative, { AUTO HITS TREE. ‘Two Are Killed by Collision in City of Brooklyn. New York City—Whirling up Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, at a speed of fifty ;miles, a touring automobile containing a party who had spent the night at Coney Island, crashed into a tree, turn ed turtie and fell upon the occupants. Two men were instantly killed and two were so seriously crushed that they may die. Two other men who were in the car escaped injury. The dead are: William P. Gobeaud, Thomas Nolan. The injured are: Vic tor Brandes, right arm and left thigh broken, and internal injuries. James McKenna, left shoulder broken and possible internal injuries. All four lived in Brooklyn. VETERANS’ WELCOME PLANNED. Program Has Been Arranged—Excel | lent Hotel Accommodations. ‘» Birmingham, Ala.—The annual re union of the United Confederate vet ‘erans will be held in Birmingham Juune i 9, 10 and 11. After months of hard work Birmingham is ready to welcome ‘the thousands from all parts of the ‘nation who have already signified their intention of being present, Whean the ‘hotels are filled private homes will he thrown open, and every visitor will be taken care of, so that the 35-year-old city, so representative of the south will try to outdo its older sister cities in doing honor to the men who were the defenders of all that was best in the old south. WAR OF 120 YEARS. After Many Years of Struggle Mexican Government Subdues Yaqui Indians. Hermorsillo, Sonora, Mexico.—A fter a war which has continued intermit tently for more than 120 years, the Yaqui nation, is about to suffer the throes of dissolution, to sever tribal relations, and its members are tp set tle into peaceable and law-abiding Mexican citizens. Originally numbering 20,060 or more people, they have never yet ac knowledged the authority of the Mexi can government, but the end is fast coming, and the Yaqui nation will soon be a thing of the past, DINED BY ROYALTY. American Diplomat and Wife Shown Great Honor, The Hague.—As a closing ceremony to the official tarewell which Queen Wilhelmina gave to Dr., and Mrs. Da vid Jayne Hill, the American diplo mat and wife, the couple dined in the imperial palace and slept there Sun day, then leaving for Berlin. The queen received both Mr. and Mrs. Hill and ex pressed her regret that they were leay ing the country, NEWSY PARAGRAPHS. The jury in the famcus Snell will case has returned a verdict breaking the will. Richard Snell, the son of the late Colonel William Snell, will receive $2,000,000. The will had cut him off with an annuity of SSO, Owing to the extreme heat ‘ tep persong died in Pittsburg, Pa., in twenty-four hours. The mercury reg istered 88 degrees. The accident to the Red Star Line steamer, Vaderland, over which con siderable anxiety was felt on account of rumors that she had gone ashore or had been in collision with another vessel, ig very slight, consisting of a simple disarrangement of her machin ery. s Among those graduated from the Baldwin school, a fashionable prepai atory institution at Bryn Mawr, Pa., was Miss Helen H. Taft, daughter of the secretary of war. The secretary was unable to be present, hut Mrs. Taft came from Washington to attend the exercises. Miss Taft next year will enter Bryn Mawr cpllege, where she will complete her coflegiate course, The Russian battleship Peter the Great, which ran on the rocks in the Gulf of Finland, has been successfully floatad and been taken to dry dock for repairs. CONGRESS ~ ADJOURNS. House and Senate Close Just Be. fore Midnight Saturday. The Currency Bill, Employers’ Liability Bill and the Omnibus Public Measure Among Those Passed. g Washington, D. C.—The first session of the sixtieth Congress came to a close Saturdax, midnight, In the house the closing hours were characterized by singing of songs and the session closed with general good fellowship among the members, The senate was extremely quiet dur ing the closing hours, held together only by the necessity of remaining in session for the engrossing and signing of bills. The last two days cf the senate will be memorable on account of the fili buster of Messrs. La FKollette, Stone and Gore against the Aldrich-Vree land emergency currency bill, by the remarkable interpretations of the rules. which go far to establish cloture in a body -noteworthy tor the freedom of debate, and by the final passage of the currency bill. President Roosevelt and several of his cabinet were at the capitol during the evening and the president signed the bill shortly before (10 o'clock. The vote in the senate stood 43 to 22 for passage. The government employes’ liability bill, providing for the payment of dam ages for injuries or death, caused while in the service, which has been the source of no little uneasiness to its sponsors in the senate, was taken up and passed by that body after brief consideration. It was called up by Mr. Depew after the final disposition of the currency bill and upon a vote on consideraticn, On motion of Senator McLaurin, the provisions in the bill penalizing any‘ government employe who should be deemed guilty of illegally receiving compensation for injuries, was stricken out. The house late passed the cmnibus public -building bill. Immediately after the official an-‘ nouncement in the house of the agree ment by the senate to the conference‘ ‘report on the currency bill, Speaker Cannon recognized Mr. Bartholdt of‘ Missouri who called up the conference report on the measure and requestedl that the rules be suspended and the ref‘ pert adopted. ; Mr. Barholdt explained in detail the various points of the report. : The vote on the adoption of the re: port stood, yeas, 214, nays, 4, present and not voting, 9, those in opposition being Messrs. Alexander of Missouri, Crumpacker of Indiana, Fitzgerald of New York and Longworth of Ohio. ¢ The conference report on the gen eral deficiency bill, the last of the great government supply measures acted upon by congress, was agreed to. by the senate. It carries an appr ) ﬁ%n of $30,718,848, of whlchﬂpflg,% ) 750 is to begin work authorized by the public buildings bill, the authorizations of which aggregate over $33,000,000, l The house had passed the bill. The ' bill itself was%only briefly discussed in the house, but it furnished an op portunity for Messrs. Tawney of Min nesota, and Fitzgerald of New York,‘ chairman and ranking minority mem ‘ber respectively of the committee (ml -appropriations, to make the usnal statement regarding the state of the ‘national finances, . One bill giving the secretary of the treasury the privilege of transferring library boocks in use in that depart !ment to the life saving service, had 'been passed by the senate and house, “but was not enrolled in time to be signed by the president, .~ The president in conversing with ‘members of his cabinet present and isaveral senators stated that he was very well satisfied swith the accom lp]ishments of the congressional ses sion. . The major appropriations enacted at ‘the session just closed follows: For agriculture .. .. ..».:$ 11872108 Arm Y.. .. .. .0 GRS Diplomatic and consular .. 8,577,463 District of Columbia (one- | half payable from dis- l otrlet fames Lgo i ]0,]17,6‘38' ' Fortifications .. . i, 4. 9,317,145 | ndiEn s s s 9,253,347 Legislative, executive and sudicial .. .. 30 ovi vo B AR Military academy ..".. .. 845,634 NAYY ~ L 0 e e 122,662,485! rensions .. .. i i 0188 OBEIR Postofice .. ~ v, ~ .. 223088 804 Sundry civil ... o 0 L 0 M EE RIS Deficiencies .. .. .. .. .. 56,995,973 | Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 3,000,000 | Permanent annual appro- ’ priations .. .. 0 IRELS A 0 Geand total ... 2 $1,008,804,894] POWERS SEEKING A TRIPLE TREATY.‘ Russia, England and. France May Agree on Terms, ‘ JLondon, England.—The visit of Fal lieres, president of France, to England on the eve of the departure of King Edward for Reval for a consultation with tae czar, ig considered in many sources as an indication of France seeking for the triple alliance of Eng land, France and Russia, King Ed ward’s visit is said to be for the pur pose of strengthening friendlly rela tiong with Russia, though part of his subjects strongly oppose a formal al liance, France and England have never heen more friendly and it is said to be an opportune time for the alliance, ' BRAVES DEATH TO AID SCIENCE. Law Could Not Interfere With Test in Oculation. New York City.—Many protests have been made against the exyeri ment of Dr. Craft Carroll, who inoc ulated Frank Merritt with tuberculosis | germs, Legal action was s;xggested,’ but it was found that the case wasg cut- ! side the jurisdiction of the laws. Mer- | ritt’'s wife and child died of tubi'l‘(.'lll(r; sis, and it was his wish to give him- | self as a subject in_order to px'even:! a spread of the diséase.¥2hs, : A RECORD SPEECH. Senator LaFollette Holds the Floor For ; Over Eighteen Hours. Senator LaFollette, in his filibuster in the senate against the adoption of the conference renort on tho currency bill, gained a championship. He spoke almost continually for eighteen hours | and forty-three minutes, and his voice Seemed to be almost as fresh as when | he began, | ~ There have been a unmber of fa-l mous filibustering episodes in the his- | tory of the senate, but none, perhaps, i ever has been supported by so small a body of men as the “lone filibuster” of Mr. LaFolletie, | The previous record for a long speech in the senate wag made by former Senator Allen of Nebraska, Who opposed the repeal of the silver purchasing clause of the Sherman act, and he was aided by other senators Who took much of the strain from his ‘ voice by frequently reading extracts” from documents. LaFollette had no assistance of that character. In fact, his task was made as difficult as pos sible by placing interpretations on the rules of the senate which interfered with his demands for the calling of the roll to determine the existence of a quorum, CROWD LAUGHED When Told Theater Was Burning, They Passed Quietly Out. New Orleans, La.—Several hundred women and children were in the Shu bert theater Saturday night witnessing 4 moving picture exhibition when fire broke out in a five-story building sep arated from the theater by an arcade passage way. The theater exits were opened and the announcer requested the audience to leave, saying there was a fire a few doors away. The music then struck up and the pictures proceeded. Mean while the big crowd passed under the arcade, most of them chatting care lessly, not realizing there was a fire almost over their neads, A few min utes later the wall over the arcade cracked and the fire department had a hard fight to save the theater. ANONYMOUS LETTER TO PRIEST, Note Written in Blood Warns Church. man and Foretells Dynamiting. ~ Chicago, Ill.—Father Peter J. O'Cal laghan, head of the Paulist order in Chicago, and Attorney Francis B, Hinckley have been informed through an anonymous letter, written in blood and wrapped in crepe, that they have been marked for death by mysterious enemies, and St. Mary's church, Wa bash avenue and Hubbard court, has lbeen doomed to be blown up by dy ‘namite, as the result of their efforts ‘to obtain a pardon for Herman Billek, ‘under sentence to hang on June 12 on ‘a charge cf murdering, by poison, six members of the Varal family, . A chemical analysis proved thajdfhe red fluid in which the letter nt ten was blood. ’ g BAD WRECK ON B. & 0. RAILWAY, Twenty Are Injured When Train Plunged Over Embankment. Connellsville, Pa.—The observation parlor car on the Royal Blue Flyer on the Baltimore and Ohio, bound for New York, plungad over an embank ment Friday near here, The car was crowded and all the passengers were injured. : The accident occcurred at Garrett, fifty-three miles east of Connellsville, " Calls for physicians were sent to Connellsville, Cumberland, Rockwood and all surrounding towns. A special train was made up at Connellsville and departed at ncon for the scene of the wreck. At this hour the number of killed and injured is not known, but the hasty reports received by the railroad officials indicate that tha accident is one of the most distressing on the Pittsburg division since the wreck of the Duquesne limited at Dawson, five years ago. y JAPAN VERY FRIENDLY, . . Secretary of the United States at To kio So States. . San Francisco, Cal.—"“The Americah fleet will be given a royal welcome, by the people of Japan,” was the state ment made by Post Wheeler, secre tary to the United States embassy at Tokio, who arrived here on the Pa cific mail liner Manchuria. “All the ill feeling toward the Unit ed States—what little there -was of it —has died out,” said Mr Wheeler, “The Japanese no longer talk of im migration troubles, That question has been settled and there is no longef any friction over it.” ’ Speaking of the Thinese hoyveott on Japanese goods, Mr, Wheeler said that Japan’s trade with China is suffering greatly as a result ofit. BRITISH CRUISER'EGOKSFOR PIRATES, Steamer Carrying $250,000 American ; Cargo Missing. New York City.—~Pressure was brought to bear upon the British am bassador, James Bryce, at Washington, to get him to have his government order out a British eruiser to hunt for the steamer Goldshoro because she has no better status than a pirate. 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